13: Millions of dollars received

The one hundred thousand U.S. dollars taken from Merryweather headquarters.

Allowed Joa and Polaris to spend a short and pleasant half-month.

For Polaris, who had just tasted the forbidden fruit.

The phrase 'craving for more' was the best description for her.

For half a month, Joa had been walking the fastest path to a woman's heart.

Their relationship also quickly warmed up.

But now a very serious problem lay before them.

Joa was out of money.

“I wonder when Tony Stark will go to the Middle East.”

“Buying some Stark Industries stocks then should earn a lot of money.”

“But buying stocks also requires a significant amount of capital.”

“After Avi launders the money, I should be able to get around one million U.S. dollars.”

“This money is just a drop in the bucket for buying Stark Industries.”

“But it’s enough to prepare for some bank robberies.”

Sitting at the bar, Joa smoked and muttered softly.

“What are you thinking about? So engrossed?”

A pleasant voice sounded from behind him, and two slender arms wrapped around Joa from behind.

Then Polaris’s head lazily rested on Joa’s shoulder.

“I’m thinking about making money. If there’s no more income, we’ll be kicked out of the hotel.”

“Hmm~ alright, so should we go now?”

Hearing this, Joa chuckled.

“How could we go now? Robbing a bank isn’t as simple as you think.”

“Thorough preparations must be made before acting.”

Upon hearing this, Polaris looked curious.

“What all needs to be done?”

After thinking for a moment, Joa spoke.

“With your help, plus my abilities, the preparations needed aren’t very troublesome.”

“The main problem now is to quickly determine the location of the underground vault of the Pacific Bank that stores fifty tons of gold.”

“Fifty tons of gold?!”

“How much money is that?!”

Hearing Polaris’s question, Joa roughly calculated.

“At the current price of 3240 U.S. dollars per ounce of gold.”

“That would be 5.208 billion U.S. dollars.”

“This… so much money?”

Polaris was stunned by the number Joa threw out.

If he had that much money, he could enjoy life by doing just this one job, and wouldn't have to do anything else.

Seeing this, Joa just smiled and said nothing.

It was only over 5 billion U.S. dollars, which was less than half of Iron Man’s personal assets.

Besides, money, in Joa’s hands, had very limited use.

Only Tony Stark, cursed with wisdom, could use money to create those powerful battle suits.

Moreover, the gold, once robbed and transported to East University, then laundered through legitimate channels and finally deposited into Joa’s account, would likely shrink considerably.

After being excited for a while, Polaris calmed down and impatiently asked.

“When do we start robbing the bank?”

“We need to wait for now, until the money from my last job arrives.”

“Last job? Did you rob a bank before too?”

“No, my last job was robbing Tony Stark’s newly developed smart pistol.”

“Half a month has passed, Avi should have already laundered the money and sent it to me.”

Just as he finished speaking, Joa’s phone rang.

Seeing that it was a call from the hacker Avi, Joa’s mouth curved into a smile, and he raised an eyebrow at Polaris.

“Here comes the call, doesn’t it?”

Polaris watched intently as Joa put the phone to his ear.

“Hello? Avi.”

“Convenient, go ahead.”

“Hahaha, OK, thank you for your hard work.”

“Oh, by the way, help me notify the others. I have another plan. Let’s meet at the usual spot tomorrow.”

“Sigh, I know, but I can’t help it. I’m really short on money lately. Don’t worry, this job is absolutely stable.”

“Mm, okay.”

Seeing Joa hang up the phone, Polaris quickly asked.

“Is there… money?”

Nodding with a smile, Joa said.

“Let’s go, let’s go spend some money.”

“First, let’s buy a house, then a car.”

With the starting capital resolved, Joa felt much more relaxed.

Seeing this, Polaris said with a smile.

“No rush, I’m very hungry now. I need to be full to have the energy to go out with you.”

Hearing this, Joa glanced at the time, then prepared to get up and cook.

“Then I’ll make some food… Mmm!”

Before he could finish speaking, Joa’s mouth was sealed.

‘Well, it turns out she wasn’t hungry, but thirsty.’

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After a busy morning and lunch.

The two finally left the hotel they had stayed in for half a month.

First, they bought a house in the city center for over three hundred thousand U.S. dollars.

Then, they bought an Adventurer Banshee sports car for one hundred and five thousand U.S. dollars.

Driving the new car, which had quickly been licensed after spending a bit more money.

The two went on another shopping spree, buying a large pile of things needed for their new home.

After that, it was late into the night.

With their combined efforts, the newly bought house was thoroughly cleaned and ready for occupancy.

“I’ve already had someone handle your identity issues.”

“I believe there will be results tomorrow.”

“The name is still Lorna Dane, of course, you can change your name if you want.”

Hearing this, Polaris lay tiredly on the bed, lazily saying.

“No need to change, this name is fine.”

“Okay, if you’re tired, go to sleep first. I’ll make a few calls.”

Closing the bedroom door, Joa took out his phone and dialed Nigger’s number.

After a long while, the call was finally answered.

Listening to the various curses and chaotic gunshots from the other end, Joa’s expression froze.

Taking a call while in a gunfight.

He really, I could cry.

“Boss! What’s up? I’m a bit busy here.”

“What happened? Is it the Police?”

“No, no, no, I’m teaching those sons of bitches a lesson, the bitches who dare to deal drugs on our gang’s territory.”

“…..I was going to ask you to help me get some more weapons, but given the situation, I think it’s better to talk about this after you’re done. Be careful, I’m hanging up first.”

“Wait! Boss!”

“Weapons? I have them everywhere here now. What do you want, and how much?”

Uh… Is this K’Sante’s mysterious shop?

Just grab whatever weapons you need directly from a gunfight?

“Rifles, pistols, sticky bombs, explosives, grenades, etc., I need them all. You… just pick up whatever you can, try to pick up as much as possible.”

“OK, Boss, leave it to me.”

“Shit!”

Accompanied by angry curses and gunshots, chaotic footsteps could be heard from the phone.

“Boss, I can’t talk anymore, those bitches have found their way to me.”

With that, the call was immediately hung up.

Staring at the phone screen, Joa blinked.

‘I hope this guy is still alive tomorrow.’

“Done with the call?”

Polaris’s voice suddenly came from beside him, and Joa turned to look.

“Why are you… naked again?”

‘Even the donkeys in the production team don’t work this hard!’

Polaris had a wicked smile on her face and leaned close to Joa’s ear.

“What do you think?”

Silently sighing, he closed his eyes.

Joa was a bit confused.

Who was playing whom here?

Why did it feel like she was getting the bigger advantage?

Could it be that he was the prey?